Bag-frame.



E'. GOERTZ.

' BAG FRAME.

APPLIOATION FILED H1112. 1911.

- 1,975,560., Patented 0011111913.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS sra FREDERICK GOERTZ, F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORTO AUG. GOERTZ & CO., A CORPORATION 0F NEW JERSEY.

BAG-FRAME.

To all 'whom 2f may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK GonR'rz, acitizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essexand State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bag-Frames; and l do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the i invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tocharacters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates, generally, to improvements in bag-frames; and,the present invention has reference, more particularly, to a novel formof frame for bags, satchels, and the like, in which each one of thehinged or pivotally connected framesections is made in three parts whichare suitably secured together at the corners of the bagframe section,instead of making each bagframe section in one integral piece, asheretofore.

rIhe present invention has for its principal object to provide a noveland simply constructed bag-frame section comprising three separatelymade parts or members, two of which are suitably secured to theend-portions of the third member by means of suitable fastening orsecuring means, so as to provide a frame-section of the general shapeand conformation formed with a central member and the depending end orlegmembers.

The invention has for its further object to provide a bag-frame sectionwhich is especially adapted to be made from a more or less expensivemetal, and in the manufacture of the three parts of which the waste ofmetal is trifling, and in fact there is hardly any waste, so that to themanufacturer there is a very great saving in the cost of metal, andthere is also a saving in time and labor, owing to the readiness withwhich the three members of the framesection can be assembled.

The invention has for its further object to provide a three-partframe-section of the general character hereinafter more fully set forth,in the manufacture of which the legmembers of different frame-sectionsmay all be of the same size and length, but that Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application tiled February 2, 1911.

Patented Get. 14,1913.

Serial No. 606,137.

the central members of the frame-sections may be of different lengths;the manufacturer thereby being enabled to use but one set of dies forall the frame-sections, instead of a large number of dies, asheretofore, where the parts of the frame-sections are all made in oneintegral piece.

The invention has for its further object to provide a. bag-frame sectionmade as hereinabove stated, in which owing to the manner in which theleg-members are attached to the end-portions of the central member, thesaid central member will lie in a plane somewhat lower than the plane ofthe leg-members, thus providing off-sets or shoulders at or near thecorners of the frame-sections, and whereby the said central member maybe leather-covered, the face of said covering being flush with themetalexposed and highly polished or gold-plated faces of the twoleg-members of vthe bagframe section.

Other objects of this invention not at this time more particularlyenumerated will be clearly understood from the following detaileddescription of the present invention.

vWith the various objects of this invention in view, the said inventionconsists, primarily, in the novel bag-frame-section hereinafter setforth; and, the invention consists, furthermore, in the novelarrangements and combinations of the various parts,

as well as in the details of the construction,

of the same, all of 4which will be more fully described in the followingspecification, and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claimswhich are appended to and which form an essential part of thisspecilicaton. The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure l is a face View of a frame-section madeaccording to and embodying the principles of the present invention, aportion of the central member of the frame-section being represented asbeing leather-covered; and Fig. 2 is a view of the inner' face of thecompleted bag-frame-section. Fig. 8 is a detail horizontal sectionalrepresentation of a port-ion of the central member of the frame-section,with its leather covering, and one of the leg-members, said sectionbeing represented as taken on line 3 3 in said F ig. 2, looking in thedirection of the arrow, and said ligure showing the parts of saidmembers which form the corners of the bag-frame-section permanentlysecured togcther by means of solder; and Fig. 4 is a similar sectionalrepresentation of the same parts, but showing the said parts securedtogether by means of rivets.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the abovedescribed views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the sev-eral figures of the drawings, thereference-character 1 indicates a complete bag-frame section showing oneembodiment of the various features of the present invention, the saidframe-section comprising a main central member 2, and a pair ofleg-members 3, all of which are made from suitable sheet-metal. As willbe understood, the said main or central member 2 may be of any desiredand suitable length, but is quite narrow in width, the end-portions 4 ofthe said member 2 being of any suitable marginal configuration. Alongits upper marginal and longitudinally extending edge-portion the saidmain or central member 2 is provided with an inwardly extending flange,as 5, extending at a right angle from said marginal edge-portion, and ofsuitable width, said flange 5 forming the upper surface or face of thesaid main or central member 2. As shown, the said flange or right-angledprojection 5 is preferably of such length, that its ends 6 bothterminate some distance before the marginal end-portions 4 are reached,substantially as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The two legmembers 3,which are also narrow in width, are also formed along one of their longmarginal edge-portions with the rightangled fianges or projections 7,the upper end-portions 8. of which are made so as to correspond with themarginal configuration of the marginal end-portions 4 of the main orcentral member 2, and each end-portion 8 terminating in a horizontallyextending right-angled flange or projection 9 extending along the uppermarginal edge-portion 4 of said main or central member 2, andterminating upon the end-portion of the right-angled flange orprojection 5, as clearly shown in the several figures of the drawings.At their lower end-portion the said rightangled flanges or projections 7of the legmembers 3 terminate in the usual perforated pintle-receivingears 10, by means of which a pair of the completed frame-sections may bepivotally connected in a hinge-like manner, so as to produce thecomplete bagframe.

As shown, the upper end-portions and the flange-portions 8 and 9 of therespective leg-members practically provide suitable pockets or receivingportions in which the end-portions of the said main or central member 2are arranged, said portions of the separately made parts being rigidlysecured by means of solder, as 11, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of thedrawings. One manner of securing and flowing the solder between theregistering face-po-rtions of the respective members 2 and 3 is byproviding the main or central member 2 with suitable openings, as 12, inwhich the solder is placed; and, by the application of heat thereto, thesolder is melted and caused to flow between the assembled parts, whichupon the cooling and hardening of the solder rigidly and positivelysecures the said leg-members to the said main or central member, andthereby produces the complete frame-section shown in said Figs. 1 and 2of the drawings. At the same time, owing to the overlapping arrangementof the end-portions of the legmembers and the central member ,at thecorners of the frame-section, a shoulder or offset 13 is formed upon theface of the bagframe section near each corner, so that the outer face ofthe main or central member 2 is in a plane a trifle lower than the planeof the outer faces of the two leg-members, as will be clearly evident,and the said main or central member 2 can therefore be neatly inclosedin a covering 14 of leather, or any suitable material, flush with theouter faces of the said leg-members 3, whichmay be highly polished, orsilver o-r gold-plated, so as to provide a bag-frame section of greatbeauty and of enhanced value. Y

It will also be clearly evident that with bag-frames of different sizes,aside from the great saving in material over the. old forms of bag-framesections, the central member and the leg-members of which are made inone piece, the central or main member 2 may be in different lengths,while the lengths of all the' leg-members o-f the different sizes ofbag-frames may be the same, thus greatly reducing the cost ofconstruction, because only one set of dies is necessary to produce theleg-members for the diiferent sizes of bag-frames.

In lieu of securing the assembled cornerportions of the main or centralmember 2 and the leg-members in their rigidly fastened relation by meansof solder as hereinabove described, these parts may be rigidly connectedby means of suitably formed and suitably disposed pins or rivets 15, asclearly indicated in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

Of course I am aware that some changes may be made in the arrangementsand combinations of the various parts, as well as in the details of theconstruction of the same, without departing from the scope of thepresent invention as set forth in the foregoing specification, and asdefined in the claims which are appended thereto. I-Ience, I do notlimit my invention to the exact arrangements of the parts as describedin the said specification, nor do I confine myself to the exact detailsof the construction of the saidl parts as illustrated in theaccompanying drawings.

I claim 1. A bag-frame section comprising a separate main or centralmember, a flange extending at a right angle from one of the longmarginal edge-portions of said member, said flange terminating at pointsremoved from the marginal end-portions of said member, and separateleg-members, a flange extending at a right angle from one of the longmarginal edge-portions of each leg-member, each leg-member having anend-portion overlapping an end-portion of said main or central member,and the flange of each leg-member extending around the marginalend-portion of the main or central member and in contact therewith, theflange of each leg-member having a horizontally disposed flangeportionoverlapping and registering With the end-portion of the iange of saidmain or central member and in Contact therewith, and means for rigidlysecuring said overlapping portions of the said main or central memberand said legmembers togetherl to provide a complete frame-section.

2. A bag-frame section comprising a separate main or central member, andseparate leg members, each leg member having an end-portion overlappingan end-portion of said main or central member, and means for rigidlysecuring said overlapping portions together to provide a completeframe-seotion, said overlapping portions of the main or central memberand said leg-portions providing the frame-sections With shouldersforming a depressed surface extending over the entire outer face-portionof the said central member, and a covering of flexible material in saiddepressed face-portion.

3. A bag-frame section comprising a separate main or central member, aflange extending at a right angle from one of the long marginaledge-portions of said member, and separate leg-members, a flangeextending at a right angle from one of the long marginal edge-portionsof each leg-member, each leg-member having an end-portion overlapping anendportion of said main or central member, and means for rigidlysecuring said overlapping portions together to provide a Completeframe-section, said overlapping portions of the main or central memberand said leg-portions providing the frame-sec tion With shouldersforming a depressed surface extending over the entire outer faceportionof the said central member, and a covering of a flexible material insaid depressed face-portion.

t. A bag-frame section comprising a main or central member, andleg-members, said leg-members having their outer metal surfaces exposed,and said main or central member and the leg-members at the corners ofthe frame-section being provided With shoulders forming a depressedsurface upon the outer face-portion of the said central member, and acovering of flexible material in said depressed face-portion.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 30th day of January, 1911.

FREDERICK GOERTZ.

Witnesses FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, FREDK. H. W. FRAENTZEL.

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